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it (hould be pared off with a knife, and 

 drefled with turpentine, tar and honey, 

 to which verdigreafe or white yitjiol may 

 occafionally be added; but betore the 

 ufe of the knife, you nnay apply this oint- 

 ment. 



TAKE black foap, four ounces; An otnt- 



mentfor 

 rat- tails. 



quicklime, two ounces*, vinegar "^^"^'^*' 



enough to make an ointment. 



There are particular fwellings which Capellets 

 horfcs are fubjedl to, of a wenny nature, ^^^f» ^^ 

 which grow on the heel of the hock, and ^"^ ^|J 

 on the point of the elbow, and are called 

 by the French and Italians Capellets : they 

 arife often from bruifes and other acci- 

 dents ; and v/hen this is the cafe, fhould 

 be treated with vinegar and other repel- 

 lers ; but Vv^hen they "grow gradually on 

 bgth heels, or elbows, we may then fuf- 

 pe6t J:he blood and juices in fault; that 

 fome of the veiTels are broke, and juices 

 extravafated ; in this cafe, the fuppura- 

 tion fliould be promoted, by rubbing the 

 part wiih marth-mallow ointment, and 

 when matter is formed, the f!%in (hould 

 be opened with a lancet, in feme de- 

 pendent part towards one fide, to avoid 

 a fear: the drtiTings may be turpentine, 

 honey, and tindure of myrrh. The re- 



laxed 



